The Resource Giving the devil his due : reflections of a scientific humanist, Michael Shermer
Giving the devil his due : reflections of a scientific humanist, Michael Shermer
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- Summary
- "To be sure, I will confess that when I see racist assholes like Richard Spencer and Jared Taylor spouting their ignorant beliefs about blacks and Jews in half-empty hotel conference rooms or to a rag-tag mob of tiki torch-carrying thugs in a public park, the urge to "punch a Nazi" wells up inside, as it did for the man who sucker punched Spencer during a television interview near President Trump's inauguration in January 2017. But we must resist the primal urge that bubbles up in our primate brains to fight hate with hate, and instead to follow the sage advice of Martin Luther King, Jr. when he reproved in 1958:12 Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 358 pages
- Isbn
- 9781108489782
- Label
- Giving the devil his due : reflections of a scientific humanist
- Title
- Giving the devil his due
- Title remainder
- reflections of a scientific humanist
- Statement of responsibility
- Michael Shermer
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "To be sure, I will confess that when I see racist assholes like Richard Spencer and Jared Taylor spouting their ignorant beliefs about blacks and Jews in half-empty hotel conference rooms or to a rag-tag mob of tiki torch-carrying thugs in a public park, the urge to "punch a Nazi" wells up inside, as it did for the man who sucker punched Spencer during a television interview near President Trump's inauguration in January 2017. But we must resist the primal urge that bubbles up in our primate brains to fight hate with hate, and instead to follow the sage advice of Martin Luther King, Jr. when he reproved in 1958:12 Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love"--
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- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Shermer, Michael
- Dewey number
- 323.44/3
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- JC591
- LC item number
- .S536 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Freedom of speech
- Democracy
- Political culture
- Humanism
- Democracy
- Freedom of speech
- Humanism
- Political culture
- Label
- Giving the devil his due : reflections of a scientific humanist, Michael Shermer
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1120785913
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 358 pages
- Isbn
- 9781108489782
- Lccn
- 2019056650
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Giving the devil his due : reflections of a scientific humanist, Michael Shermer
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1120785913
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 358 pages
- Isbn
- 9781108489782
- Lccn
- 2019056650
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
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